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JOHNNYS LETTER
new york. it was a happy ro
manse jmtil 1 nite when he stayed so
late that his best gurl got tired sit
ting up for she had been out late the
nite befour to a party with another
fellow
the gurl was telling about it this
morning at the offls
i liked albert awful well, she says,
but 1 was tired so i thought i wood
give him a littel hint to beet it while
the beeting was good
for a long time i played on the
pianner, stopping evry onct in a while
to see if he was making anny sines of
grabbing his hat. but he dident, so 1
asts him, albert do your like musick
& he says o, i am carried away by
musick
then i plays some more & looked
back at him
arent you gone yet, i inkwires
pleasantly hke
why, what do you meen, he asts
me, & i tells him, you said you was
always carried away by musick &
heer it is leven & i have been play
ing all evening & you aint carried
away yet
then is when he got me mad
he said i am carried away by mu
sick & so far i havent herd none
what do you think about a pore
boob that talks that way about my
pianner playing, but i shood worry
for i gotter nuther feller on the string
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Visitor So this is the deaf and
dumb ward. How do you 'call peo
ple to dinner? 1 suppose you don't
ring a bell.
Superintendent No. We have a
man. who walks through the ward
wringing, his hands.
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